Possibly true. But again process is process in anything. Is it being followed, is it being abused. Does it have to be advertised, en mass etc. Do we all have to have a collective slaughtering? Can we not do it at home. But of course we cannot say its a business so one takes ones offering to the collective slaughter site and then other emotions prevail.
For a reasonable person including among those performing their rites, I would think its also about how those rites are performed. Unless a certain voraciousness, and utter brutality is part of the ritual framework. At least one expects those those knives to be sharpened, but that not enough. Then develop the aptitude to slice through say a bundle of twigs/branches over and over again, Or work a symbolism and let the animal bleed instead of enacting the sounds of say, a contemporary Kalinga. One could I believe convince them that the sacrifice is tainted considering what I present, unless of course its also about contributing to terrorizing the animals on account of ones inadequacies (including sexual), nonchalance, a certain tepid comprehension of animism dovetailing with an equally tepid comprehension of Dharma (Sanathan and others), not being up to the task, but having made promises to sacrifice away to assuage oneself of lord knows what? Perhaps an offering to e granted boons -- a bride who is akin to an apsara, six erections a day (make that seven), a baby boy, etcetera etcetera. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Slaughtering of animals - sacrifice. > > RESPONSE: Perhaps the response to the Baina incident was not the welfare of > the animals but to prevent the Muslims from carrying out their Religious > duties. If this is the case then it was wrong and the powers that be should > look into this. > > If anything, the pictures of cattle being slaughtered made me wonder - in > Karnataka they are against the killing of Cattle and in Nepal ( A Hindu > Country) they have no aversion to doing so. In fact it seems that it is > incumbent on them to perform their Religious rites. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/nov/24/nepal-hinduism#/?picture=355997372&index=0 > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM > > Gabe Menezes. >
